Agricultural machine.



E. S. WILLIS.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYM, 1914.

' Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

ELMER S. WILLIS, OF MONTROSE, COLORADO.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Application filed May 14, 1914. Serial No. 838,564.

being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to agricultural machines and more particularly to that class of such machines as shall be particularly adapted for general farm use. 4

The primary object of this invention is to provide a machine of the class described which shall be particularly designed for use as a combined marker and furrow cleaner and for the formation of furrows particularly adapted for irrigating purposes.

A further object of this invention consists in the provision of suitable mechanism for the efficient operation of the various interchangeable parts.

A still further object is to provide a machine having removable and adjustable clod crushers adapted for use in combination with certain removable members.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists in the peculiar combination and arrangement of the various related elements of a combined marker and furrow cleaner as hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which similar. reference characters indicate similar parts wherever used: Figure 1 is a vertical section through the machine. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the clo'd crushers.

The numerals 6 and 7 indicate wheels of any suitable type which support an axle 8 Mounted on the axle 8 is a central member 9, secured to the axle 8, by'means of a clip 10 and a plate 11.. The outer end of the member 9 is spread to engage the tongue 12. Bolted to the tongue 12 at 13, 13 is a framework 14 which extends rearwardly to form the frame of the vehicle. A cross bar-15 is added to give strength and is secured to the frame 14 by clips 16 and 17. The member 9 is fastened to the frame 14 by a U-bar 18. Similar members 19 and 20 are fastened to the frame 11 by means of U-bars 21 and 2-2 and to the'axle by clips 23 and 24. The forward ends of the members 19 and 20 are bent downwardly and braced by a cross member 25. Removably secured to the bent portion of each of the members 19 and 20 is a marker blade 26 which may be replaced by any suitable ground working implement. Pivotally secured to the lower end of each of the bent members 19, 20 is a rearwardly extending bar 29 which carries a clod crusher 30 formed of a flaring 'V-shaped piece of metal. The purpose of the clod crusher following the marker is to insure a clean furrow. The machine is designed particularly for use in making furrows adapted for use as irrigating ditches which must be clean furrows.

' The clod crusher cleans the furrow as it is made. The bars 29 extend upwardly between the extensions of the members 19 and 3(1) and are slidably held by means of clips The operation of the machine is as follows Springs33 and 34 which connect the ends of the axle with the front brace rod 15 exert. a pull upon the axle. A lever 35 is welded tothe axle 8 and is supported by a ratchet quadrant 36 engaged by a pawl 37 upon the lever handle. By' o erating the lever 35, the axle 8 may be lowered or raised, causing a corresponding elevation or depression of the marker blades 26, 26 and the clod crushers 30, 30'. It will thus be seen that a ready adjustment of the marking blades may be accomplished, the springs 33, '34 aiding in the movement of the axle and the corre sponding movement of the marker blades.

I realize that considerable variation of the details of this invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit thereof, and it is not my'intention to limit myself to the specific construction shown and described, but to construe the appended claims as broadly as the state of the prior art will permit. 7

The location of the implements on the bars in front of the axle and close to the front of the machine make the machine extremely easy to pull, which is an advantage.

What I claim as new and desire. to secure by U. S. Letters Patent, is

1. In an a ricultural machine, the combination with t e framework of a plurality of members spaced apart and secured to the said framework an axle su ortin said members and said framework, wheels on said axle one end of the said members bent downwardly, earth working implements carried by the downwardly bent portions of the said members, and a shoe carried by the said earth working implements.

2. An agricultural machine comprising in combination a framework, a plurality of longitudinal members secured to the said framework, one of the said longitudinal members engaging a tongue, an axle supporting said framework, and longitudinal members, wheels of the said axle, the front end of each of the Said longitudinal members bent downwardly, a brace between the downwardly bent portions of the said members, means carried by each of said bent portions adapted to removably secure the earth working implements, and ,a shoe carried by the said earth working implements.

bent portions of the said framework, and

shoes carried by the said earth working implements.

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4. An agricultural machine, comprising an axle, wheels on the said axle, a framework, members extending longitudinally on the said framework and fastened thereto, the front ends of the said members bent downwardly, a brace between the downwardly bent portions of the said members,

earth working implements remorably carried by the lower ends of the downwardly bent portions, and a shoe carried bythe said earth working implements.

5. An agricultural machine, comprising an axle, wheels mounted thereupon, a framework mounted' upon the said axle, members extending longitudinally of the said frame- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELMER s. WILLIS.

Witnesses HENRY A. Cox, HUGO SELIG.

-Washington, D. G. 

